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BATON ROUGE — A Baton Rouge man was arrested for allegedly committing Medicaid fraud, Attorney General Liz Murrill's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit said Wednesday. On July 18, 38-year-old Johnny O'Neal Richardson was arrested for allegedly billing for non-emergency transportation services for Medicaid beneficiaries who...

BATON ROUGE — The Baton Rouge Police Department is searching for a man accused of attempted second-degree rape and obscenity. Marquise Beckham, 26, is accused of assaulting a victim at the pool area of an apartment off Burbank Drive on July 22. If you have any information on Beckham's...

BATON ROUGE - Officials said a 54-year-old man was drunk driving in the wrong lane on I-110 when he crashed into Darrell Batiste on July 4. Michael Young, the driver, died, but Batiste is still fighting for his life. "He has 6 broken ribs, a broken tibia in one leg...

LIVINGSTON PARISH, La. (WAFB) - A man who murdered a Louisiana State Trooper and a Prairieville woman in a three-parish crime spree is headed to Angola. For the 2021 crimes, sentencing was finalized for Matthew Mire in Livingston Parish on Monday, July 21. In all, he has received two life sentences plus an additional...

(KMDL-FM) Across Louisiana, we are in the final three weeks of summer. No, not as defined by the calendar, but as defined by the school systems across the state. Yeah, it's hard to believe, but many school-age children from Lafayette, Lake Charles, New Orleans, Alexandria, and Baton Rouge will be heading back to...

PORT ALLEN — The case of a mystery Zachary High School class ring has been solved, but there are still a lot of unanswered questions!. Tammy Harvey, of Port Allen, was going through her mother’s jewelry boxes a couple of months ago when she found a Zachary High School class ring. It wasn’t her mother’s, who never...

BATON ROUGE — Metro Council member Anthony Kenney and the Mayor's Office teamed up to help residents address concerns in their neighborhood and stay connected with city services. Kenney hosted a special meeting on Monday night, he dubbed "311 and me,” focusing on everything the people in his district...

BATON ROUGE - One person died in a shooting at Cathedral Drive and Wyandotte Street Tuesday evening, Baton Rouge Police officials confirmed. According to BRPD Chief T.J. Morse, officers were dispatched to the 3700 block of Cathedral Drive around 6:30 p.m. when they found a man with multiple gunshot wounds. First...

EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, La. (WAFB) - Businesses caught selling alcohol to people underage could soon face increased fines in East Baton Rouge Parish. On taco Tuesday, food is fixed, and drinks are flowing at Jovis Tacos. Owner Jorge Flores makes sure those libations are in the right hands. “We...

A man is facing multiple charges after EBRSO investigated accusations of extortion and the killing of a pet goat in the City of St. George.